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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: ARP Bits & Pieces
Keywords: ARP PIP Handler
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Date: 7 Sep 89 15:43:52 GMT
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In <437@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>, dbl@a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (David Lawson) writes:
>     Recently I got the ARP 1.3 Distribution which included (among ohter
>things) AShell.  I like AShell and would really like to use it to the fullest
>but, alas,where can I find the PIP:  Handler that is needed to do pipes.  Some
>more docs would be nice too and the programmers stuff but lets start with PIP:.
>Can anyone direct me to PIP:????

PIP: is distributed along with ConMan I believe. If you aren't using ConMan,
you should be, regardless of the shell you use.

>    Another little question, I am not trying to flame anyone but, why must
>everyshell use its own pipe handler, 1.3 has been out long enough to be
>recognized as a standard and its pipe handler seems to work ok.

The 1.3 pipe handler and PIP: are two entirely different animals. CBM's pipe
handler is for named pipes only, and though it is a good one for what it does,
it is not useful for doing things like:

	list | grep rw-d


-larry

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